Passengers and vehicles were unable to leave the 'Manannan' on Aug 22, 2024, in Liverpool due to excessive movement’sof the link span. Steam Packet took the decision to wait for high water, which should improve conditions so people may get off.
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EMDEN
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INA-LOTTE
The provincial director of Epidemiology, Carolina Cudós, provided details about monkeypox on Aug 21 in the city of Santa Fe - mpox (known as "monkeypox"), based on the suspected case of a crew memberof the 'Ina Lotte', who presented symptoms compatible with that disease, for which reason, he remained isolated in the port of San Lorenzo. Cudós said that "the case of the person who was on board and was in the port of San Lorenzo, tested negative for monkeypox, but positive for chickenpox, so the usual precautions were taken for this type of case. The protocol was activated on time, as it should be. The important thing was the alert and all the actions carried out on time to protect the population.
BOHWA AMOY
The Vietnamese chief cook aboard the 'Bohwa Amo' was medevaced after suffering a heart attack while the vessel was docked at New Mangalore Port. The ship, carrying 7,141.8 tonnes of raw cashew nuts for Bolas Agro Private Ltd., had arrived on Aug 13, 2024. On Aug 16, the master reported the cook’s chest pain to the ETA Shipping and Logistics, which arranged for his transfer to Athena Hospital, where he was placed in the ICU. The patient was moved to Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Hospital on Aug 19. The patient was now stable and expected to be discharged on Aug 23, after which he will return to Vietnam.
PEARL SEAWAYS
On the evening of Aug 21, a person needed to be medevaced from the 'Pearl Seaways', while the ferry was sailing south of Anholt, en route from Copenhagen to Frederikshavn. At 6.48 p.m. the rescue helicopter from Roskilde hoisted the patient from the ferry. He was flown to the Rigshospital in Copenhagen for further medical treatment.